Agriculture and Food Seed Health Testing

Seed borne viruses and pathogens can cause damage or death to crops, adversely affecting yields and marketability. Our trained scientists can help you to identify which plant disease(s) are affecting your crops, allowing you to make informed decisions about domestic sales and exports. With cutting edge technology and the latest testing methods we have the equipment and experience to meet all your seed health testing needs.

Testing services

We can test for a wide variety of organisms on many species of seed:

Wash test (nematodes, cysts, spores)

Blotter test (fungi, bacteria)

Plate culture tests (fungi, bacteria)

ELISA test (viruses, bacteria)

PCR test (bacteria)

Test for and identify seed health issues including:

Downy mildew

Fruit blotch

Stem blight

Verticillium

Verticillium wilt

Black rot

Brown spot

Seedling blight

Didymella

Acidovorax

Bacterial wilt

Corn smut

Bud blight

Goss’s Wilt

Stewart’s Wilt

When to test

Seed health testing should be done when pathogens are suspected for crop or seed damage. It should also be conducted when local, regional, national or international rules apply to seed and crop shipping.